Posted by Andrés on February 17th, 2010

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Hump-Day: Whose website sucks less?

North 44 – One of Toronto’s best fine dining restaurants,

or
Taquerias El Farolito – Serves excellent Mexican food and has 9 locations in California.
Note: their website is a giant .gif of their menu, and the site says it’s still under construction.

Survey says… North44 sucks more!

Dear North44,
Your restaurant is divine, but your website sucks. Skip the intro, lose the flash, and show me your phone number/address within 0.25secs of my arrival on your web page.

Look what your site did to my iPhone!

Thank you,
The Internet Police

P.S. If you want a better website, call me (416.850.2500)

P.S.S. If you don’t understand what I’m talking about read this gem from venomousporridge.com

Me: (tries to visit a local restaurant’s website via iPhone)
Restaurant website: I require Flash. Fuck off.
Me: I just want to know how late you’re open.
Website: Nope.
Me: But I’m on my phone. Don’t you have a little “HTML Version” link up in the corner or something?
Website: I’m ignoring you.
Me: What if I’m on my phone because I’m out, looking for a place to eat? Didn’t that ever occur to you?
Website: Fuck entirely off.
Me: (gives up, switches to computer)
Website: Oh! Hi! What can I help you with today?
Me: What are your —
Website: Hang on, I’m loading the music. Read more…